Today’s businesses are faced with a wide range of information from a variety of sources - any of which could impact on their activities.

Converting this diffuse information into applicable knowledge is vital in anticipating and preparing for future trends and challenges. Our horizon scanning is designed to help businesses with this - through a wide range of tailored services that can improve your decision making.

Sue Keenan of our Information and Legislation Department explains further:

"Our monitoring can cover specific current technical and scientific issues, product recalls or particular raw materials and ingredients. We regularly scan official publications - including surveys, reports, consultations and legislation, as well as trade and scientific journals and news media.

The service draws upon the extensive resources of the CCFRA library and information service, as well as the expertise of over 200 scientists, technologists, engineers and other professionals.

The output is presented in carefully tailored formats, making it both relevant and easy to assimilate. As such it can provide a valuable complement to our well established and highly successful Food Law Alert bulletin, which is available without additional charge to members as a benefit of membership."